The Huffington Post is running an interesting article from Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, founder of the Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project, which works on behalf of HIV/AIDS orphans in rural Uganda to “end systemic deprivation, poverty and hunger”. He writes:

As Uganda celebrates its 50th year as an independent nation, have things improved? Although we are a democracy, we have voted for the same president, Yoweri Museveni, a military leader, since 1986. It doesn’t take a genius to know one man should not lead a country over twenty years.

We have a degraded road system in rural areas, worse than in Rwanda, a country that is led by a man educated and trained in Uganda, Paul Kagame. We have little or no healthcare facilities in many parts of the country, and too many people struggle with HIV/AIDs and malaria. Our educational system is inadequate and many children don’t even receive basic reading and math.

Despite the KONY 2012 story focusing on Uganda’s past child fighter problems, , the Ugandan people remain hopeful for a better future. There were positive stories in the news too.